I'll show you how I Feel!

[Senketsu]

When I regain consciousness, the first thing I sense is our location relative to my last banshi thread, and we're currently moving towards it? I open my eyes and see Ryuuko above me looking forward, she's forgone pants to instead wear my now completed skirt and on her hand is the Sekki tekko that I must have regenerated with that last thread, and we're in a car? "Ryuuko."

"Hm?" She glances away from the road for a second to glance at me, showing me more of her beautiful smile. "Nice of you to wake up. How are you feeling?"

Feeling? Ah I should check our efficiency now that I've regained another banshi. I close my eyes for a second and concentrate, sensing all of my threads and the totality of my being. That's odd; I recount again with the same result. "I feel perfect."

Her smile shines bright, "That's great! You feel so good too, just imagine how much better you'll feel when we get that last banshi."

"No Ryuuko, I'm not sure how this is possible but when I say that I feel perfect I mean that currently I have one hundred percent of my original life fibers."

I feel the car come to a stop as Ryuuko pulls over. "One hundred percent? Then what about the last banshi?"

"It's definitely mine, I can feel it like I can all life fibers in my being."

She shakes her head, "No I mean what will happen when we get it? Will you be all like one hundred and ten percent?"

"I have no idea."

[Nui]

Controller girl was right, I can feel her, this Matoi girl. I look at the picture again, I don't know why, it makes me happy. Thinking of breaking her, she would look good on my pile. She's this way I know it! I tug on my dress awkwardly as I run towards Matoi. I don't know why controller made me wear this! It's awkward and annoying. I want to break it. I reach up to adjust the collar but a shock makes me put my hand back down. I can't help but growl. I hate Controller, I look at the picture again, Matoi looks similar to Controller, are they related? No, I hate Controller, I like Matoi, she will look god on my pile. I'll make sure that she's at the top.

[Satsuki]

"Inumata, status report."

After a few key strokes a map with a red and pink dots appears on screen. "The pink is Nui's location. And the red is Matoi's projected location assuming she heads straight here as soon as we lost contact with Nudist beach."

Currently Nui is on a direct collision course with Ryuuko. "Based on Nui's physical do you think that she can match Ryuuko?"

Inumata brings up a chart of Nui's life and muscle fiber activation, next to it is data surmised from video footage from Aikuro's ultimate DTR during their fight. If anything, Nui's stats look higher. "We're sure that this data is correct? From what I remember ever since Ryuuko fought Nui during the cultural festival Ryuuko was stronger. She's only gotten stronger since then."

Suddenly Iori's face appears on screen. "I have a theory about that." I motion for him to continue. "This is not Nui, at least not how we're remembering her. Remember in the final battle Nui combined her body with the original life fiber to repair Shinra koketsu?"

I nod, "But the life fiber sample we received matched samples collected from Nui."

Inumata pulls up a diagram showing Nui's DNA on the fiber that the new Nui grew from. "There is no doubt that this fiber was a part of Nui, what I'm saying is that it wasn't a fiber that Nui grew on her own. When she merged with the original life fiber every one of those fibers had to change it to match Nui's DNA making them all Nui. The difference lies in the distinction between the original life fiber and ordinary life fibers. The original was tougher and more able to adapt than ordinary fibers. What I'm getting at is that the Nui that we're using is made up of those same kinds of fibers except concentrated within her cells. The fiber difference could account for memory loss too. Now that I think about it this would definitely affect her behavior as well."

That is unsettling. "So you're telling me that Nui has the power of the original life fiber?"

He shakes his head and I breath a sigh of relief. "No, I'm saying she has more." Shit.

[Ryuuko]

After waking up Senketsu confirmed that I was right to assume that the last banshi is in Honnoji so I got back on the road.

It's only been an hour since then and I'm actually feeling pretty tired after my fight with Nudist beach. I raise a hand to stifle a yawn.

"RYUUKO!"

I slam on the brakes and look around alerted. But what I see is still empty highway, but Senketsu's never been wrong before. "What is it? I don't see anything." I get outside of the car and look around.

"There is another life fiber source on this planet."

Life fiber source? "What do you mean? Like a second original life fiber?" Another invasion would be bad.

He takes a second before responding. "No, it feels like the first one. Ryuuko move fifteen meters to the left."

I do so without even thinking about it. I dive to the side just in time for a yellow blur to zoom past me. "What the hell?" The blur dashes off of the road back into the tree line. "Senketsu, what the hell was that?"

"It's what I was sensing, it's coming again." I expand half the scissor blade and hold it out to block. "On your right!"

Instead of dodging I turn my sword to swing, the blur shoots out from the trees it collides with my blade and my swing is wretched to a halt. My scissor is stopped by a single pale arm extending from the veil of blonde hair, through the hair I can see a single azure eye. My heart almost stops as I recognize my foe, "Nui?"

In my surprise I fail to dodge a punch to my gut and am sent flying back. On reflex my hand goes to cover my stomach. That hurt. "Ryuuko." Senketsu's calm voice brings me back into the fight. "I don't know if this is actually Nui or not, but regardless she has no small amount of strength. I suggest that we take this seriously.

I nod and reach for the Sekki Tekko. 'Ready Senketsu?'

'Of Course.'

I feel the tell tale prick of my skin as I pull the sekki tekko, the sensation of synchronizing with Senketsu is something that nearly takes my breath ever time, I can feel my blood and some of my energy leaving my body leaving me momentarily drained. His life fibers resonate within mine and I can feel him grow and drown me in his presence, it's stifling and not at all under my control, yet somehow comforting. My life fibers begin to resonate with his and I can feel the straps that I used to hate stretch across my skin taut, filling me with power. When I open my eyes I flex the muscles in my hand, feeling strength that I haven't felt for a long time. I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding. This feeling of completeness and oneness with Senketsu; it makes everything that's happened over the last two weeks worth it. "Jin I Ittai. Kamui Senketsu."

Out of the corner of my eye Nui twitches a moment before she moves, very slight, nothing more that her middle finger twitching, but it's all the warning I need. In less than a second her hand is like a claw reaching for my face, I grab her wrist and throw her over my shoulder to slam her into the ground. The concrete of the road cracks as Nui's small body slams into it, against anyone else I would probably hold back a little, however. "I don't know how you survived Harime Nui." I pull the purple scissor blade from where Senketsu was storing it and it grows to its full size. "But I promise you that it won't happen twice. Harime Nui!"

I growl at her but am taken aback that it's not met with her infuriating trademark smile. She just continues to stare at me with that singular blue eye from where she lays on the ground not even attempting to stand. Her eye seems to glow with mirth as a twisted sneer spreads across her face. "You go on the top of the pile." What the hell does- before I can jump back Nui is on me, her tiny fist slams into my face with much more force than before knocking me back several feet.

'Careful Ryuuko, it appears she's even faster than she let on.'

I nod as I wipe the blood from my healing lip. I raise both of my blades defensively. "Come at me Harime Nui."

[Satsuki]

"Inumata, progress."

He presses a few keys on his console, and several pulsing graphs come up. "From her heart rate and blood pressure, it would appear that she's in combat with Matoi."

I want to smirk but I don't allow my self the luxury. This is the stage where the most can go wrong. If the Life Blood isn't completed soon we have everything to lose. There are really only a few out comes of Ryuuko and Nui's fight. The best would be if Nui manages to slow Ryuuko down enough for Iori to finish, if she doesn't than I doubt ill be able to stand before my little sister. If Nui manages to actually beat Ryuuko, then that could actually be worse, if she somehow finds a way to remove the inhibitor then she would be far worse of an enemy to have than Ryuuko. However Satsuki Kiriuuin is always prepared for what comes. "Bring up Iori."

After a few more key strokes, Iori's workshop appears on screen, He nods to me, "Satsuki sama, I assume this isn't a social call."

I let out a small chuckle, "I wish it was my friend. Nui has made contact with Matoi, have you made any progress on the Life Blood?"

He grimaces, "I've actually made significant progress by attacking the problem from another angle. By Mixing in more carbon based material I've managed to lessen the muscle fatigue and in theory, the heart and brain problems that go with it."

Here comes the however, there's always a catch.

"However in doing this as I'm sure you can guess it lowers to overall potency of the mixture reducing the increase in strength from four hundred percent to three hundred and ninety."

That's not bad at all, "My own strength can easily accommodate for the loss in potency. Is that all?"

He shakes his head, "I'd like to reduce the potency further but I have a feeling that you wouldn't allow it."

"You know me so well," I allow my self another smile, it's nice talking to someone who understands me so greatly. "How long could my body take the fatigue?"

"Well based on your last fight with Matoi where two minutes of action caused to collapse. I would guess that you'd have about ten minutes before the effect started to wear you down." He cracks smile, "And that's factoring in your will power, I'd put any normal human at six minutes tops."

Ten minutes is a rather stifling time limit. I'll have to come up with a plan to end the fight in one move if possible. However I doubt Ryuuko will give me the chance. "and the eye sight issue?"

He shakes his head, "I still need more time. How long do I have?"

I glance at Nui's vitals still on the screen. Her heart rate elevated to the point where it would burst a normal human's rib cage and her breathing erratic.

[Ryuuko]

Godamn it! Just how did she get so freaking strong? Yet again she gets into my guard with her stupid little nimble body, I don't have enough room to block so I just grit my teeth and brace for impact as she delivers another agonizing punch to my jaw. The world becomes a spiral of colors as I sail through the air, slamming into the truck I was driving before. It's metal frame curls around my body as I take a second to recover.

I groan and pick myself up, raising my scissor blades. There's a flash of blond to my left and I swing my left blade only for her to disappear. Without even turning around I swing my other blade behind me and am rewarded with a hiss of pain as it sinks into Nui's side. Ha fool me once Nui! Annoyingly before I can turn to press my advantage she's already several yards away, with a hand over her rapidly healing side. "Any plans Senketsu? She's too fast for me to score a solid hit on her."

'I'm thinking but I am noticing a disturbing trend.'

That could be good news. I manage to dash backwards a second before Nui destroys the car I was next to, there's a small explosion which of course does nothing to her. "A pattern in her attack would be really helpful." I have noticed that if something works she'll try the same move again almost obviously now that I think about it. But I can only exploit her move after already getting hit by it.

'Not a pattern in her attack method but in her strength.'

I jump over her fist and swing my blade downwards hoping to get her head. Instead I see her looking up at me with that same psychotic grin that doesn't quite reach her soulless blue eyes. She bats my blade to the side and jumps up planting her fist in my gut. For the second time in under a minute I'm sent flying across the road, this time rolling to a stop in the tall grass on either side of the highway.

'It appears that every time that she is injured her proceeding attacks are stronger.'

His words remind me of when I was under Junketsu's influence. Ragyo mentioned how life fibers become more active when their hosts are under stress or in danger.

"Crap."

Ok so about the wait.

I'm sorry, I though for sure that when summer started I was gonna be turning out chapters left and right. Then summer started and I did nothing but play video games. Apparently writing fan fiction is just my way of not paying attention in school. So with no classes to ignore I did other things. Not that I don't find it fun, I just find other games more fun.

Good news though, I'm back in school and I have a 3 hour astronomy class that I am so ready to ignore. So I guess my season of Fanfiction is starting again!

Also I personally felt like this chapter was a bit weak, idk why though (it is about 400 words short of my usual goal but I don't think that's it), if you have an opinion about it or I guess like a pointer or even if you just noticed I was writing differently from normal, drap a review or send a pm, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks for reading hope you enjoyed